What is William Blair’s Forecast for Kforce Q3 Earnings?

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC) – Equities research analysts at William Blair issued their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Kforce in a report issued on Tuesday, February 4th. William Blair analyst T. Romeo anticipates that the business services provider will earn $0.98 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Kforce’s current full-year earnings is $2.68 per share.

Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial cut their target price on Kforce from $68.00 to $58.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. StockNews.com raised shares of Kforce from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 30th. Finally, Sidoti upgraded shares of Kforce from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $71.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th.

Kforce Price Performance

NASDAQ:KFRC opened at $53.84 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $57.15 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $59.90. Kforce has a 52 week low of $52.96 and a 52 week high of $74.79. The stock has a market cap of $1.03 billion, a PE ratio of 19.22 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a quick ratio of 2.06, a current ratio of 2.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Kforce Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be issued a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. This is a positive change from Kforce’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.90%. Kforce’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 52.41%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Kforce

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. US Bancorp DE grew its stake in shares of Kforce by 18.9% in the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 8,797 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $499,000 after buying an additional 1,401 shares in the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Kforce in the 4th quarter valued at about $206,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in Kforce in the fourth quarter worth about $4,951,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in Kforce by 9.6% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 148,971 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $8,447,000 after acquiring an additional 13,066 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC raised its position in Kforce by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Access Investment Management LLC now owns 36,605 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,076,000 after purchasing an additional 265 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.77% of the company’s stock.

Kforce Company Profile

Kforce Inc provides professional staffing services and solutions in the United States. It operates through two segments, Technology, and Finance and Accounting (FA). The Technology segment provides talent solutions to its clients primarily in the areas of information technology, such as systems/applications architecture and development, data management and analytics, business and artificial intelligence, machine learning, project and program management, and network architecture and security.